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I received the Graco Affix today, assembled, and put in my Buick Enclave middle bucket seat. I love all the features, the built-in cupholder, large headwings for safety and napping, and the LATCH system. I was afraid to purchase this seat because of the negative reviews stating that the LATCH system was not stable. It does exactly what it is supposed to do. I can see how the one side might not stay as tight as the other due to the pulls being directly on top of one another through the same hole, but I pulled on it and it did not come loose. At the most, it would pull out about 5-6 inches which doesn't matter anyway because the seat belt is what secures your child into the seat. The one thing that I would change is I would like the armrests to fold up for buckling. My almost 4-year-old will probably not be able to buckle himself because the base is fairly wide and pushes up against the buckle port, so I will have to do this for him. The base is 16 1/2 inches wide, the same as most of the other boosters I have been looking at, so this would be a problem with any of them. I also own 2 First Years Compass B570's...awesome for safety, but a NIGHTMARE for buckling; and an Evenflo LX Big Kid which is wonderful for my son to buckle independently, but sidewings leave much to be desired. All in all, I think this is my favorite carseat so far, but time will tell. This would be perfect for my 6-year-old that has a little more experience with buckling himself. Very good quality.

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Customer review from the Amazon Vine Program I was a child passenger safety technician for 9 years so I have had experience with tons of different car seats and boosters. I am a big fan of latchable boosters and was very happy to see one come on the market with a lower price point. Unfortunately, this seat has a huge design flaw. The two LATCH attachments each have their own straps to pull to tighten them. They are placed one on top of the other with a single push button to release both. Problem is, the push button doesn't press tight enough to hold both straps tight so the side that runs on the bottom doesn't lock in place. The end result is that when you install the seat and tighten the LATCH attachments, one side stays tight, but if you pull gently on the other side, it will pull away from the vehicle seat about 5 inches. It is essentially the same as installing the booster with only one LATCH anchor, which most of us would never do because it isn't safe. How will this perform in a crash? Who knows? My guess is, when the child and the seat start to move forward (which they will before the seatbelts fully engage), the LATCH on one side will engage causing the seat to pivot toward that side which will put the child completely out of position behind the vehicle seatbelt. Or, it might function fine. Unfortunately, I'm not comfortable letting my child be Graco's crash test dummy.

I called Graco and the rep was absolutely useless. She just kept telling me the seat could be used without LATCH and that LATCH was only to make it easier for the child to buckle himself in and that the seatbelt is what holds the child in. I kept trying to explain that I knew the seatbelt held the child in, but that the crash dynamics can change when one side comes loose in a crash and the other doesn't and I guarantee Graco hasn't crash tested a seat with LATCH that is not functioning properly. I was very bothered when she went to talk to someone else and came back and sounded out the word "projectile" like it was something she had never heard. My level of faith in Graco and their customer service just went way down.

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I was searching ALL WEEK for just the right booster chairs for my 4 and 5 year old. This would be there first booster seats (girl was older but smaller so I keep here in her car seat all long as it was possible (safe)). So quickly I figured out that almost all the boosters that has a latch were high$. Anyway I read the reviews for this one and here and there you see "latch doesn't work" "latch not safe" and the like. But I pulled the trigger and got one to see for myself. Turns out that is hogwash, they work great. I got 4 seats (a set for the car and the truck). In the truck I told the kids we had to do some "testing"... so I got the boosters installed (easy & simple). And we proceeded to hit all the hills and fast turns (well fast enough to get a few "whooaaas"). Not an ounce of slippage with regards to the seat/latch system.

Happy I tried and to put some fears to rest I decided to write this review. Normally I say follow your OWN best instinct, but it was clear we had some folks that either (1) did something wrong on the install (2) work for one of the high priced latch system companies that are not happy you can get this great seat for 1/3 of the price of theirs!

Rock on.

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Save the $30 and get the turbo booster by graco. Latch system only works on 1 side. Not worth the extra $. If they fixed that it would be an awesome seat. Mine are going back ASAP!

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Customer review from the Amazon Vine Program I was so excited when I saw that this seat not only installs with the latch system, but also can hold a three-year-old child if they meet the requirements (and use the high back portion). Now, before anyone jumps on me, I certainly do know that a standard five-point harness is the safest option for a child. We are also not using this for our everyday seat at this point in time. However, I feel comfortable with this seat for three reasons:

1) It has a high back for safety, and a seat-belt router under the headrest to keep the belt in a safe position across your child's neck and chest

2) It installs very tightly with the latch system to keep it secure.

3) My child meets the stated requirements of at least 30 pounds and 3 years old, so I know the seat has been safely tested in this range.

We got this seat just in time for our spring trip, which meant that we could travel with a booster instead of a huge, clunky standard car seat.

Loved that we could pop the back off for travel and stow the seat and back together fairly flat in a large travel bag, which we checked through the airport baggage.

Three-year-old loved sitting in the seat and was comfortable. NO complaints about being hot or anything, even in the Florida heat.

Child can take a nap with the high-back booster

Easy to install and remove.

The only thing I wish this seat had, hence the loss of one star, is a between-the-legs lap belt guide/holster like our son's Britax booster has because I feel that it would provide that extra level of seat belt safety keeping kids from internal injuries caused when the belt slides up too high and cuts across their abdomen.

Overall this a great, affordable seat. I highly recommend it.